Alpha Prime

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Summary

Somewhere in deep space, at an apparently abandoned mining base on the asteriod Alpha Prime, something has gone terribly wrong. Miners were warned that the hubbardium they were mining was too dangerous, but the lure of unimaginable wealth was too strong. Now, something has happened to them and it's up to you to save them and face an unknown threat.
Equipped with a surplus of advanced weapons and devices--including a variety of robots and manipulators, surveillance cameras and security systems that can be hacked, controlled and used to complete your task--your mission is simple: Get in, get 'em, and get out!
10 levels of fast-paced, unrelenting action including mining station, spaceship hangar, magnetic railway or asteroid surface
Non-playable characters aid you in your mission to save the miners and get off the asteroid
Countless enemies including Special Forces soldiers, robots and deranged miners
8 futuristic weapons including pistols, shotguns, machine guns, grenades…
Vehicles can be used to move to different locations quickly
Hack into devices including robots, surveillance cameras, security systems, doors, etc.
Bullet time allows players to temporarily slow down the action and get the upper hand
Compatible with Matrox TripleHead2Go™, enabling gamers to connect 3 screens


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Alpha Prime Reviews & Ratings

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Review by Yerczeys [user]
September 16, 2015

About as bland as a game gets. The gameplay is smooth, even if nothing notable, the levels are boring, the enemies are dull, the weaponsAbout as bland as a game gets. The gameplay is smooth, even if nothing notable, the levels are boring, the enemies are dull, the weapons are... there. Seriously, nothing in this game stands out as either amazing or terrible. The voice acting is pretty bad I guess, but that's about it. Oh! One big complaint. Apparently the enemies weren't programmed to miss, so on any difficulty they hit you with every shot, all the time. You've been warned...

40
Review by halosis [user]
December 23, 2013

To start off this game is fairly awful. No not like it's old school NO this is NOT how old school games should be remembered the bad voiceTo start off this game is fairly awful. No not like it's old school NO this is NOT how old school games should be remembered the bad voice acting and overly long cut scenes as well as the poorly executed game play with the wonky controls and weapons that seems to have little to no effect on enemy's. However i can comfortably say that the game poses difficulty.... in an unfair manor as the enemies shoot right through walls. the story isn't terrible but it was fairly standard. The graphics for its time are fairly decent so i cant give this an overly bad rating a below average of 4 is exactly how this game preformed. it is below average and i honestly wouldn't recommend playing this game it is okay BUT its a very rough ride all the way through. All the AI are just pathetic But what i think saves this game from a worse rating is its excellent use of bullet-time which is well done to say the least. now the level design its well done for it's time but nothing to be amazed about there are places where you will get stuck or be clueless in the exact direction you should go. But it isn't worth buying all in all perhaps if it was cheaper but even then it isn't worthy as a game that deserves the praise it received.

100
Review by Sacred_flame101 [user]
October 17, 2009

my god this was such a great game i enjoyed it a hell of a lot the story was quite good there was a nice array of weaponry and it is just a my god this was such a great game i enjoyed it a hell of a lot the story was quite good there was a nice array of weaponry and it is just a great game. people who rated it low probably just suck at fps games this is one of the best i have played. do yourself a favor and play this game

80
Review by JeffN. [user]
August 21, 2008

I really enjoyed this game and think the others are too critical. The acting is not bad at all, the characters are interesting and the story I really enjoyed this game and think the others are too critical. The acting is not bad at all, the characters are interesting and the story is pretty good. I am not an FPS noob, having played virtually every major one since the original Wolfenstein and Doom. I really like the fact that combat isn't "run and gun" like so many shooters. It takes thought and planning. I had to save often, and many times had to re-do a room or fight sequence that I just got killed in. The graphics and sound are very nice. The weapons are typical shooter fare, but I like the addition of the flame thrower... very cool. The game also takes a nice piece from F.E.A.R. with bullet time, but you need to reload it with Hubbardium (like finding med kits), so you get used to using it more strategically. I also really liked the hacking feature. Overall it is a great game, especially for the $20 value! Nothing earth shattering, but what it tries to do it does very well.

70
Review by RadekJ. [user]
June 24, 2007

I was really charmed by this game. A simple but solid shooter, only thing it lacks is more terrain variation and in game candy. The only time I was really charmed by this game. A simple but solid shooter, only thing it lacks is more terrain variation and in game candy. The only time you actually get to leave the monotonous "sci-fi-doom3 type of" enviroments is when your supposed to drive this silly little jeep on the planets surface. Bad. However the good part and the really special thing about this game is the storyline. Sure, some bad acting and all that. But still the storyline is a really ambitious attempt at making soomthing more interesting than your average save the earth pc game story. All in all a solid 7, I'm looking forward to the sequel.

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Game Information
Release Date May 1, 2007
Publisher Black Element Software, Bohemia Interactive Studio, Meridian4, IDEA Games
Content Rated M (Mature)
Game Modes Single player
Player Perspectives First person
Genres Shooter
Themes Action, Science fiction
Platforms PC (Microsoft Windows)